A 9-year-old boy died after a tragic accident at his elementary school, police in Virginia said.

Wesley Lipicky and a teacher both pressed a button to open a large, motorized room partition that splits in the middle, Fairfax County Police Department officials said Saturday. The boy was in Franconia Elementary School’s gym for a child care program Friday afternoon.

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“The boy suffered traumatic head injuries when he was caught between the partition and a wall,” police said.

He was pronounced dead Friday at a hospital. An autopsy ruled it was an accidental death.

WTTG-TV reported that the school’s principal, Terri Edmunds-Heard, said in a letter to parents that she was deeply saddened by the third-grader’s death. “He was an endearing child whose bright smile and enthusiasm for school inspired the love of all who knew him.”